The Eighth Circuit granted North Dakota's motion to stay the April ruling against H.B. 1473 while the state appeals. The order pauses the injunction that barred enforcing the law against AbbVie and PhRMA members.
North Dakota Medicaid's September 2026 provider newsletter says the federal PERM audit will review Medicaid and CHIP payments made from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. Randomly chosen providers will get record requests in the coming months.
CMS announced August 20 that $1 million from North Dakota's existing FY2026 Rural Health Transformation award is being put toward a Coordinating and Connecting Care Initiative.
North Dakota HHS posted the Technology as an Extender opportunity on July 24 with approximately $5 million in Year 1 federal Rural Health Transformation funds and about 20 anticipated awards averaging $250,000.
North Dakota Health and Human Services announced a $1,667,500 Opioid Settlement Fund award to Family HealthCare, listed in the directory as Family Healthcare Center…
As reviewed July 16, 2026, Family HealthCare's current Homeless Health Services page identifies the clinic at the Resource and Recovery Center, 2001 1st Ave. N., Suite A, Fargo…
Family HealthCare, listed in the directory as Family Healthcare Center, says its Fargo–Moorhead-area network serves more than 16,000 patients annually.
Northland Health Centers, listed in the directory as Northland Health Partners Community Health Center, announced that board-certified psychiatric mental-health nurse practitioner Jazlyn Bates joined its Rolette clinic.
Northland Health Centers, listed in the directory as Northland Health Partners Community Health Center, announced January 20, 2026 that its substance-use-disorder program, started in 2025, had expanded to clinic-based telehealth for patients in Ray…
Spectra Health’s current enrollment-assistance page says its Coverage and Services Coordinators provide no-cost help to North Dakota residents to understand, apply for, and enroll in Marketplace or Medicaid coverage; people do not have to be Spectra patients.
A February 4 BCBSND Caring Foundation release says that after a spring 2025 Health Innovation grant, Spectra Health enhanced social-drivers screening and launched food, transportation, emergency-support, and language-access programs.
North Dakota HHS opened a competitive Rural Health Transformation opportunity on July 2, 2026 for enhancements to existing electronic medical record systems, including expanded functions and AI-supported tools.
North Dakota HHS's live funding page says the Rightsizing Health Care Delivery Systems for the Future round for rural FQHCs and critical access hospitals was posted April 30, closed May 29 and received 41 applicants.
The June 2026 provider newsletter says expanded revalidation, enrollment, competency, site-visit and limited moratorium measures apply to qualified service providers, nonemergency medical transportation providers and 1915(i) providers.
In August 2025 planning slides, North Dakota Medicaid labeled the estimated impact of the federal work-requirement section as 3%–5% of Medicaid members.
CMS's March 2026 high-level summary of North Dakota's application lists proposed outcomes: five train-in-place programs engaging 200 students, 500 Scrubs Camp or Academy participants, wellness initiatives in at least 40 rural communities…
North Dakota Medicaid's July 1, 2025 state-plan notice says most providers received a 2% inflationary increase for dates of service beginning that day.
The North Dakota Insurance Department approved average individual-market base-rate changes of 8.30% for Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota, 5.12% for Sanford Health Plan and 23.09% for Medica for 2026.
North Dakota Medicaid's January 2026 FQHC manual adds licensed master social workers to the eligible behavioral-health provider list, which also includes LCSWs, counselors, psychologists, nurse practitioners and addiction counselors.
In a December 4, 2025 resource, the Community HealthCare Association of the Dakotas said it would not host an annual conference in 2026, citing financial pressures, workforce shortages and shifting priorities across its health-center community.
The state's current implementation page says work requirements begin January 1, 2027 for new applicants and for existing expansion members with reviews due February 28, 2027.
Official guidance made approximately $15 million in year-one RHTP funding available through a competitive Ensuring Safety Net Service Delivery round and estimated about 50 awards near $300,000, with amounts dependent on applications.
The North Dakota Legislative Council reports that the January 21–23, 2026 special session enacted H.B. 1623, appropriating $397,873,940 to HHS for the first and second years of the Rural Health Transformation Program.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Traynor struck down North Dakota's H.B. 1473 — a 340B contract-pharmacy access law — as unconstitutional on April 27, granting summary judgment in part to AbbVie and PhRMA and permanently enjoining enforcement.
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